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Recent Events Summary:

Your friend, Abigail, and niece of the Archmage Yi Fang, was twisted into a complex political situation in Archon. As the Archmage's niece, she is expected by him and much of the city of be a prime candidate to succeed his seat - making her an obvious target for ambitious rivals. You decided to infiltrate her main opposition, the Cheung family, to assassinate their leaders - a merciful alternative to Yi Fang's plan to erase them in their entirety, women and children included. You killed and impersonated a high ranking member of the family, and discovered that the house was divided between an aggressive and moderate faction. You instigated a coup, and with the element of surprise, and your own efforts, managed to put the moderates into power.

With Abigail's immediate problems taken care of, you returned to help your new allies, refugees from the battle at the Ring City, establish themselves in the forest. After fighting off an attack by yet more constructs marked with "002" the teleportation was successful. You decided to explore the forest and scout out any possible dangers, and soon found that you weren't alone. The native elves, werewolves, and humans seem amiable enough, but you didn't exactly make friends with the orcs. Meeting the challenge of the orc leader, Vaz Grak, only seemed to antagonize them further, but for now, things are peaceful. Auriel is confident that, with the help of your neighbors, you will be established in record time.

>con't

good to see you again SM.

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You decided that one of the keys to the vault under Jacob's Field needs to be collected - the lightning key, possessed by the late Duke Vellik of Kelvere. You flew to Evinbrook, and found the castle city locked in a battle for survival. Kan-Abar's armies returned, with two demon lords in tow.

Duke Vellik made a plan to stall the demons with patched-up dwarven technology. You brought him to safety in exchange for the lightning key. You offered him further sanctuary, but he chose to remain with what forces he has left and make the Kanians pay for every inch they take.

In order to permanently resolve this situation, you need the rightful king back on the throne of Kan-Abar - Obis Vin. You decided to track him down, and you've followed him as far as Port Vanta, where he was looking for an old ally, a pirate captain named Blackwater who used to work as a privateer for Kan-Abar. Blackwater, however, made an enemy in a particular crime lord - Damian Vonnegut. You leanred that after he asked around too much for Blackwater, Obis has vanished, and you suspect Vonnegut is responsible.

You were able to locate Vonnegut's base of operations under the city, and as you snuck in, you encountered Freja Blackwater, the infamous pirate's daughter. After a brief confrontation, you figured out that your goals were the same, and joined forces to locate Obis.

Vonnegut, a powerful water mage, was expecting you, and you fought a fierce battle against him and his men. After a few rounds of combat, you managed to push him back somewhat, but the explosive arrival of the local law enforcment, headed by Captain Bradley, provided an opportunity for him to escape. While Freja deals with the captain, you move to pursue the crime lord...

>>26033367

A pleasure to write on /tg/, as always.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/vAZTpZvB

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/jj7uYhsV

Its time...

ITS TIME!

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Current Statistics:

HP: 73/81
Mana: 4/34
EXP: 4
Humanity: 448
Temerity: 287

Shards of True Darkness: 3
(Isolation) - Normal
{Hunger} - Strong
(Silence) - Empowered

--Summoned--

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 2
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Port Vanta

>>26033324
fuck yes, finally here on time

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>Last time...

You use nightflare!

>Mana: 4/34

A shock of anti-magic spins toward Vonnegut's enchanted top hat - but again, it slides off!

"Looks like you didn't learn the first - "

His smug quip is cut off, because you're barreling toward him at top speed. Your condensed punch slows - and that gives him enough time to put his hands together and focus on defense - but you slam into his icy shield so hard that pieces fly off the edges. He's driven back a good two feet, and breathing hard.

The room rumbles. You glance around, trying to figure out what he's doing now.

The roof explodes.

You and Vonnegut both duck away from the rain of stone. You Ink between the falling chunks of rock, while he dives, sliding along on a path of ice he creates as he goes.

Soldiers clad in green-tinged adamantium armor drop in through the ceiling and onto the balcony. A dozen fights break out as magic and swords clash.

A final man thuds to the ground between you and Vonnegut. He's huge - even bigger than Sir Flint - and he wears a full set of adamantium plate armor. Enchantments are carved deep into the metal. You sense that almost all of them focused on protection.

"We meet again, Captain Bradley," Vonnegut sneers.

"Vonnegut!" the man says. He points a gauntleted finger at your foe. "This time, I've caught you red hand - " He notices Freja. "Blackwater?! Ha!" He draws his sword in a smooth, well-practiced manner. "Today, I kill two birds with one stone!"

>con't
>>26033414
>note: you actually don't have Wisp summoned at the moment

It's CONSUME time!

>>26033414
>Succubus Reagents x 1
Huh... why do we still have those anyway? She knows not to trust us anymore.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETju6vL4FyY

"You can try," Freja says. Her spell of Wind and Spirit completes itself - magic combined from a greater and lesser element.

A white bird appears at her shoulder.

A bird!

"But you won't succeed," she finishes.

"Well," Vonnegut says, "I wouldn't want to interrupt your fun. Ta-ta!" Vonnegut's figure freezes - and then evaporates into steam! It soars upward rapidly, up through the hole in the ceiling.

"Shadow, follow Vonnegut!" Freja shouts. "I'll deal with this idiot!"

>con't

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>>26033457
Dunno, you've just hung on to them the whole time.

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"Dammit! I'm not letting the both of you slip through my fingers in one day!" Captain Bradley lunges for Freja, raising his sword.

Freja crosses her enchanted greaves, blocking the sword straight on. The small white bird dives and sweeps behind Bradley's leg, gouging the adamantium with its claws. Bradley breaks away and steps back, swinging at the summon, but it's long gone. It circles his head, and he eyes it warily.

"Shadow!" Freja shouts. "Go!"

What do you do?

>stay and help Freja fight Bradley
>pursue Vonnegut
>some other strategy

>>26033457
We still have it because RPG packrat behavior.

NEVER throw anything out of the inventory. What if we need it in the next room?

>>26033490
let's get vonnegut

>>26033490
>pursue Vonnegut

>>26033490
Give Bradley one punch in the dick then peruse Vonnegut.

Yup lets pursue Vonnie

Roll 1d100 to pursue!

>>26033556

Good idea. If it's a high enough roll you stand a chance of doing some damage on the way out.

Rolled 36

>>26033586

Rolled 66

>>26033586

Rolled 25

>>26033586

You dash past Bradley, swiping at his leg in hopes to trip him up on your way out.

To your surprise, your arm is repelled by a searing light, but you draw back before it can do any real damage.

>you've taken 1 damage (72/81)

Bradley growls and turns toward you, but Freja's bird forces him to keep his focus frontward. You leap up and spread your wings, soaring out above the chamber.

You're in the middle of a street. It's deserted - the guards must have cleared everyone away before their entrance. You keep moving up, landing on the nearest rooftop.

Vonnegut is resting with one hand on a brick chimney, catching his breath. He spins as you approach, then throws up his hands. A wall of ice crushes toward you!

Roll 1d100

Rolled 29

>>26033725
Oh great.
Wait, how many people are actually here? Is it really just SM+3?

Rolled 54

>>26033725

>>26033764
I'm lurking.

... i really want that hat.

Also I'm wondering if this guy is inspired by anyone

>>26033791
give us a roll!

Rolled 8

>>26033725
Where is everybody?
>>26033764
I just got here...

Rolled 81

>>26033725
alright what is with our dice today.

Rolled 71

>>26033764
make that +4
>>26033725

Rolled 97

>>26033725

>>26033764
I'm here too

I'm really glad we maxed the speed tree. we're Gonna need it to dodge with these rolls hah.

You try to dodge, but it was too sudden. The wall of ice smashes into you and drives you down over the edge of the rooftop. You try to slip away, but the ice shifts and pens you in, bringing you all the way down to the ground. The force of it crushing you into the pavement breaks the spell.

>you've taken 9 damage (63/81)

You stand, and shake off the blow. It hurt, but you're far from finished after one lucky blow.

You rapidly claw back up the windows and ledges to the rooftop. In the distance, Vonnegut is bounding across the buildings, using his ice to launch and slide through the air. He's heading for the docks.

What do you do?

>try to follow him stealthily
>pursue him directly
>schattenkrieg
>some other strategy

>>26033901

taking short break for lunch (half hour-hour)

Rolled 86

>>26033725

>try to follow him stealthily
... and once we get a chance use Gaping Maw.

Rolled 90

>>26033901
>schattenkrieg

>>26033921
>>26033932
I really wish the dice wouldn't taunt us so.

>>26033901
>schattenkrieg

>>26033901
>try to follow him stealthily
Lets see where he is going. We might as well take advantage of his lucky shot to make him think he lost us.

>>26033901
>Schattenkrieg
I wonder why nobody had ever thought of trying to jump into a targets shadow while they're running. If they're running in the direction of the sun we could just connect with their shadow and slip into it, making the target think we're gone, right?

>>26033901
SCHATTENKRIEG!

>>26033901
>>schattenkrieg
Jesus H Christ. I miss half a thread and suddenly were Batman?

>>26033901
>schattenkrieg

>>26033901
we could also blink towards him. and I just noticed SM used the name of an author for the villian.

Lunch went faster than I expected!

>>26034104

I admit I'm enjoy it immensely.

Roll 1d100 for Schattenkrieg

Rolled 3

>>26034202
DICE

Rolled 75

>>26034202
let's do this

Rolled 45

>>26034202
We batman!

Rolled 20

>>26034202
DICE GODS!

Rolled 66

>>26034202

Rolled 99

>>26034202

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>>26034229
My shame knows no bounds

Rolled 46

>>26034202
go batman

Rolled 54

>>26034202

Rolled 51

>>26034202
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo...

>>26034271
It's not an average score, so don't worry about it.

Rolled 37

>>26034202

You spin your aura into a spear around your body and blast forward.

BOOM

In less than a second, you've reached Vonnegut's position.

But your spike in power must have alerted him, because he's managed to throw a defense together, a layer of ice a foot thick!

You crush through the ice. It deflects you enough that you don't hit Vonnegut directly, but the force sends him flying down to the edge of the wharfs. You crash into a nearby stone pier; it isn't a particularly soft landing.

>you've taken 2 damage (61/81)

You climb out of the crater you drove in the stone. Men and women are running from the battle, screaming. You can feel about a dozen guards and two city mages running toward you, but they'll be a minute, at least.

Vonnegut's figure is sprinting away through the debris. Now that he knows you can follow that quickly, he's already preparing more magic. Several mages fan out around him, dressed in that black leather armor - reinforcements. One is of water, one of light, and another, fire.

What do you do?

>try to dash around the mages; keep on Vonnegut's tail
>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible
>tank through the mages, taking them down
>schattenkrieg a mage
>try to use Fear on the mages
>some other strategy

>>26034420
>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible

>>26034420
>>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible
Maybe throw up some shadow clones as a distraction as well?

>>26034420
let's go blink + gaping maw

Rolled 31

>>26034420
>>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible

Lets catch this nigga and let him know that his goons are no concern to us!

>>26034460
Seconding

>>26034420
Also I say once we kill this guy we wear his hat instead of eat it

So, Blink right into Gaping maw?

You still don't know where Obis is, fyi.

Rolled 68

>>26034507
just blink. we have to interogate this guy. or more likely have the girl interogate him

>>26034507
Fuck, ok eat e strongest mage. Maybe if we get him on the run again we can stealth him

>>26034507
forgot that, might not be wise to try to get ideas when i'm tired, let's go with
>>26034542

>>26034507
can we just eat a mage or two instead?

>>26034507
Just blink up to him then.
>>26034542
What? No. We cant loose sight of this prick and let him dig in somewhere else

Rolled 33

>>26034574
it would take to long. we grab the guy, knock him out, then come back and eat a mage or 2

Vote 1:
>Blink, attempt to restrain him

Vote 2:
>fight and consume the mages in front of you, then pick up his trail more stealthily in a moment

what we really should do is aim for that hat. And then wear it.

>>26034608
1

>>26034596
yeah you're right we can't lose sight of this bird changing my vote to blink

>>26034608
1

>>26034608
2

>>26034608
1

>>26034608
1

>>26034608
1

>>26034608
but dont be afraid to rough him up some. he seems hardy

>>26034608
2

>>26034611
Yes. this

>>26034608
1

>>26034608
1

>>26034645
Oh yeah of course. I say we try to break one of his legs, if not both

Roll 1d100 to restrain

Rolled 10

>>26034708

I hate my dice at this moment.

Rolled 15

>>26034708
rolling

Rolled 16

>>26034708

Rolled 34

>>26034708
oh wow, just wow.

We're gonna be at half health just because of shitty dice

>>26034738
>>26034737
>>26034711
wow

Rolled 20

>>26034708

Rolled 38

>>26034708

>>26034738
>>26034737
>>26034711
this is going to be one of those days isnt it.

Rolled 2

>>26034708
we need a 100 right now

Rolled 7

wow, the dice gods sure are mocking us tonight!

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>>26034711
>>26034737
>>26034738

Rolled 88

SM can we change our dice out? I think these are rigged.

Rolled 92

>>26034708

Rolled 54

>>26034708
cmon 100

Rolled 78

>>26034708

Rolled 45

>>26034708

You Blink, flashing past the mages. In an instant, you're level with Vonnegut.

His eyes narrow sharply - and as your arms close around him, he vaporizes to steam! You thought he'd used too much mana to pull that off again...

A curling wave of water rises up from the ocean off the docks, powered by the water mage behind you! You're sure you could take the hit, but crowd of sailors in a nearby alley won't do as well if they get smashed against a building.

What do you do?

>fly over the water; follow that steam cloud
>protect the sailors from the magical wave
>try to kill the water mage
>some other strategy

Rolled 22

>>26034878
Shadow beam that mage as we follow the steam cloud.

>>26034878
>protect the sailors from the magical wave
im getting to righteous for this shit.
and we dont know if killing the mage will actually stop the spell

>>26034878
Shadow will do as Shadow does best

>>26034929
yes it does

>>26034878
>fly over the water; follow that steam cloud
some water wouldent hurt some sailor to much
if it could hurt i change my vote to save em

>>26034878
>protect the sailors from the magical wave

>>26034878
Oh man I wish we had some sort of ability that would let us summon some allies to save those guys while we keep chasing the penguin

>>26034964
Can we use earth forge to make a wall in front of the sailors while we chase this guy?

>>26034878
>Fly over the water, follow the steam cloud
Damn, wish we had gotten that water-freezing ability.

>>26034949

It will hurt them. The water not so much, but getting smashed against the stone, yes.

Killing the mage would steal the magical force from the water. It wouldn't just make the water evaporate, but it would fall and wash over the stone rather than slam forward like a wall.

>>26034904

not enough mana to shadow beam, costs you 5

>>26034991

Sure!

>>26035008
alright voting 4 mana earthforge.

>>26034991
>>26035019
I support this action. Especially if we can keep after Vonneguy while we do it.
Man the earth magic doesnt get enough love from us

>>26035008
alright then, earthforge as we go after the penguin it is

Ok, roll 1d100 to earthforge and then give chase once more.

Two actions here.

Rolled 32

>>26035046

Rolled 44

>>26035046

Rolled 16

>>26035046
here's hoping for some GOOD luck

Rolled 51

>>26035046
rolling

Rolled 49

>>26035046
time for ones

*sigh*

Rolled 66

>>26035046
The Ride never ends

Rolled 3

>>26035046

>>26035077
>>26035078
>>26035080
at least we had a bit better luck actually chasing Vonnie

>>26035056
>>26035061
>>26035062
What the fuck is this bullshit?

>>26035093
dunno, the dice were like this last session too.

Rolled 89

>>26035046
have to try the dice for myself it cant be this bad right

Rolled 29

>>26035046

Does it amuse amused to see us fail

I like it how we stealthily entered the city. Avoided all the gaurds.


Then promptly blew it by doing a running battle.

>>26035175
In fairness the penguin started it

Rolled 28

>>26035175
well that is their fault, for not producing obis for us imediatly

You can't leave those innocents to die because of your battle. You stop, focusing your powers as the wall of water barrels toward you. The stone at the front of the alley and the side of the buildings melts, and reforms into a thick wall.

You jump into the air and flap as hard as you can to escape the onrushing wave. The light mage fires a beam of light!

The top of the wave catches you, spinning you end over end. But it actually throws your path off what the mage predicted, and the light magic just grazes you. You straighten yourself, and fly forward. The mages chase you, but you outpace them easily.

>you've taken 2 damage (59/81)

The water smashes into your wall, but the stone holds. The sailors are safe.

>you've gained 9 Humanity (457)

Ahead, Vonnegut has reformed into his normal self, and is running out on a long dock, one hand keeping his hat firmly affixed to his head, wheezing his breaths. Moored at the end of the stone pier is a long, black ship, dark wood reinforced with adamantium and bristling with cannons. Dozens of men, mages, and normal soldiers, move swiftly to protect him. You recognize Port Vanta's emblem on the soldiers' uniforms - clearly, Vonnegut has an in with the city guard, though apparently not with that captain you met earlier...

In any case, you've got your work cut out for you.

What do you do?

>full on attack
>berserk into them
>schattenkrieg right into the center of the dock
>compress, dive into the water
>Replicate a person, calmly walk along the docks
>some other strategy

>full on attack
fuck all fancy strategies. Lets go.

>>26035239
Can we try to fear them? If we can make them panic enough the chaos could slow Vonnegut down and/or cause the boat to leave before he arrives.

Rolled 52

>>26035239
schattenkrieg his fucking face

>>26035239
>compress, dive into the water

>>26035239
>>schattenkrieg right into vonnegut

>>26035297
no more mana, you wanna get fear gotta eat a mage first.

Rolled 33

>>26035239
>some other strategy
<is this man's money worth you life?> to all to assembled.
<if you stay i cannot assure your survival.

Rolled 12

>>26035341
They don't know us but they know him as the guy that owns everything they see. We aren't as scary as he is, not to these hicks.

>>26035341
I highly doubt that's going to work anon

Rolled 12

>>26035371
i know it wont work. but i feel the need to give them an chance to not die a grisly shadowy death

>>26035239
>Replicate a person, calmly walk along the docks
The shadow mage we saw earlier.

>>26035318
This. No matter how strong his anti-magic hat is, it doesn't cancel out the laws of physics.

>>26035404
We cant expect to kill that many people fast enough. They might use Obis as a hostage.

>>26035404
I would rather not waste the time and let fatso get even farther away from us that he already has

Roll 1d100 for Schattenkrieg aimed directly at Vonnegut

Rolled 48

>>26035449
rolling. our rolls suck tonight. really

Rolled 43

>>26035449
DICE

Rolled 63

>>26035449

Rolled 63

>>26035449

Rolled 57

>>26035449

Rolled 26

>>26035449
well, its better then the other rolls we've done.

>>26035483
were positively mediocre!

Rolled 97

>>26035449
inb4 he doesn't have any mana left and we kill him

Rolled 71

>>26035449

Rolled 87

>>26035499
this thread is bad when that is actually a compliment

Rolled 92

>>26035449

Rolled 20

>>26035449

>>26035512
>>26035511
>>26035506
>>26035527
All the wasted dice rolls

>captcha
>worst myashoop
i agree captcha this is the worst myashoop

You gather you aura together...

BOOM

Your target raises an icy barrier, but there's nowhere to deflect you, this time. You catch a glimpse of his horrified expression just before you slam into the stone directly at his feet.

The wharfs rumble as the force of your attack takes out a massive chunk of the dock. Bodies and debris fly in every direction. You crash into the water and bury yourself several feet in the mud below the docks.

>you've taken

You struggle to get out, but the wet mud sticks to you like a suction cup. You Ink your body thinner, and then you're free.

Vonnegut is already back at the ruined dock. Damn bastard is resilient...but then, you did knock a water mage into water.

You note a thick gash on his lower leg. His men pull him up and onto his ship, but he's taken some serious damage, and he's got to be exhausted. You swim to the edge of the dock as the survivors collect themselves and hurry up the gangway.

What do you do?

>explode out of the water and finish the battle directly
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
>some other strategy

Sheesh. Seems the dice gods want Vonnegut to escape. First recurring nemesis?

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
It's clear that a different sort of strategy is needed here.

>>26035610

Clearly my plotting has pleased the dice gods. Tonight I shall burn twenty bulls on the sacrificial altar to thank them for their gracious assistance!

>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier

Rolled 89

>>26035607
>explode out of the water

>>26035607

Ah, that one part should read

>you've taken 3 damage (56/81)

>>26035607
>>explode out of the water and finish the battle directly
Fuck it. We only need to knock him out and fly off

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier

Rolled 18

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
We're not doing this right

Roll 1d100 to sneak

Rolled 72

>>26035691

Rolled 94

>>26035691
SNEAK

>>26035607
So, did any one die? because we could eat the bodies in the water first.

Rolled 36

>>26035691
The dice gods favor stealth.

Rolled 57

>>26035691

Rolled 91

>>26035691
hoping for a nat 1

Rolled 51

>>26035691

>>26035715

Yeah, four or five normal men died. About ten or so are injured. The mages helped protect the rest from serious damage.

Rolled 4

>>26035691

Rolled 9

>>26035691

Rolled 38

Can we go titanic in the ship?

You quietly float to the edge of the boat and climb up the side. The crew is scrambling to launch the ship. You wait for a moment, observing where activity is most infrequent, and then slip past the railing, fully transformed into the shadow mage you encountered earlier.

The ship is a bustle of activity. You move amongst the crew, staying out of the way, only offering a stiff nod when any make eye contact with you. They nod back, so you assume you're playing the part as well as you might.

A glimpse of movement catches your senses. You risk a quick glance upward. A white bird is sitting nestled between the ship's rigging above the crow's nest. Freja must have managed to get away from Bradley. You can't sense her position, though.

Vonnegut is leaning on the shoulder of one of his men, hobbling along on his broken ankle. They quickly escort him inside the top deck of the ship.

You can feel several mages. The three mages you left behind have reached the pier, and it looks like they're jogging to catch up before the ship leaves. Five mages are on the deck with you. Altogether, it's 2 light mages, 1 fire mage, 1 water mage, 2 wind mages, 1 lightning mage, and a spirit mage. The spirit mage and the light mage that is on board the ship feel the strongest, aside from Vonnegut, who outstrips them all substantially. None of them have noticed you, but it's probably best to keep your distance.

What do you do?

>follow Vonnegut
>go belowdecks through another door, see if they've stowed Obis in the brig
>take up a watch at the bow of the ship. Keep an eye out for Miss Blackwater
>some other strategy

>>26035844

Sure, but that requires 5 EXP; you only have 4.

It wouldn't be healthy for the ship.

The plan:
>impersonate shadow mage
>infiltrate Penguins group
>follow him until he leads us to Obis, since our assault will have unnerved him enough to doublecheck Ovis's status
>Rescue Ovis

>>26035711
>>26035726

You and you. Keep rolling

>follow Vonnegut

>>26035919
Follow the Penguin.

>>26035929
honestly we can't really impersonate the guy, hes good as a distance disguise but not much else.

We don't know anything about him, not even his name.

Rolled 42

>>26035919
Okay, lets find a mage, eat him for xp and mana so we can turn titanic, grab vogofuck and fly away. This is a really good plan.

>>26035966
nah

Rolled 48

>>26035919
>follow Vonnegut

>following Vonnegut

>>26035919
I have the worst impulse ever just to get to the bottom of the ship and blow open as many holes as possible to make it sink...

anyone with me?

Rolled 6

>>26036012

That guy we need to put on a throne might be onboard, after we locate him we might need a distraction though. Keep this shit in mind.

You begin to move toward the door...then pause, as that stronger light mage is going in the same direction. He quickly marches through. You sense his soul close the gap to Vonnegut and stop near him.

This might be your chance - he's relatively isolated, and you don't care if you do damage to his ship. You walk forward as if you know exactly where you're going. The inside of the ship is built sturdily - there's plenty of adamantium everywhere. You wonder if the ship has any enchantments, or if it's just for physical reinforcement.

You follow the path the light mage took, and in a moment, you're outside carved, wooden double doors that clearly lead to the captain's quarters.

"Reldon, get in here!" Vonnegut's voice calls.

You don't see anyone else outside the doors. You gingerly turn the nob and push through.

Vonnegut is sitting on a plush leather chair in the center of the room, pulled in front of a neatly organized desk. A bit of his blood has stained the room's blue carpeting. Several soldiers are positioned close by. The light mage is kneeling on the ground, and a glowing white light is swirling around Vonnegut's ankle.

You hear a slight hissing as the flesh mends itself. The bone cracks and shifts back into position. "SHIT!" Vonnegut shouts. He sits back in the chair. "Damn the elements, that hurts." He looks at you. "Reldon. Whoever the hell that mage was, he's strong - damn strong. I haven't seen physical enhancement like that since that angel we took out a few years back. I want you down in the hull, watching our guest. If you sense anything, you give the signal."

"Understood."

"Good. Then get moving."

What do you do?

>follow your orders
>attack him immediately
>some other strategy

Rolled 9

>>26036118
>attack him immediately
CONSUME

>>26036012
It's not really productive given what our actual goal is here.

CONSUME the light mage and BIND Vonnie with the mana we gain.

oh wait, that hat. grab the hat after CONSUMING the light mage

Rolled 3

>>26036118
>follow your orders
Our guest, guys! That's Obis!

>>26036118
I think we know who our guest is.... and since he's in the hull, we can go down there, blast out way down below and swim out.

Logic here people!

I do not want Vonnie to escape. COMSUME!!!

>>26036118
>follow your orders

Come ON guys, we're here for Obis. WE CAN COME BACK TO EAT HIM IF WE WANT.

Dammit, SM they're gunning for the guy irrationally because you said you wanted him to be a reoccurring enemy.

>>26036118
>follow your orders

Our goal is Obis.

>>26036118
attack and CONSUME

>>26036118
>follow your orders

>>26036118
Second the escape with royal fag option. Also I like the villain.

>>26036215
This.

>>26036118
Follow our orders.

There's stuff we need to follow up on before deciding to kill this guy. Like that angel he just mentioned killing, I want to know the details before committing.

>>26036118
>follow your orders

>>26036118
>>follow your orders

aww man just accidentally deleted what I'd typed

SIGH hold on

Y'know what I wanna do?

>Fly above ship
>Activate berserk
>Activate Hypersonic
>Schattenkrieg straight through the ship to sink it
>Pick off the survivors from below in the water, Jaws style

>>26036419
>>26036419
i think we're currently too busy being pansies.

>>26036476
I think we're currently too busy trying to recover from our earlier indiscretion.

If we'd bought Automaton, we could use it to pull a hunk of adamantium out of the hull and shape it into a terminator. Then, if we also had Disguise, we could make it look like this shadow mage so we could do other stuff.

if you have a persistent QR you can press control-z to undo deleted things.

>>26036416

You don't use notepad or something to compose posts before pasting to IE?

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>>26036567
>IE

"Understood," you tell Vonnegut. You quickly leave the room before the light mage turns his focus away from the man's injury.

You find a stairwell toward the center of the ship. You follow it down past several bunk rooms, a cargo hold, a kitchen and dining area, and reach the bottom of the ship. What sound like crying and sniffling reaches your ear. You push through the door at the bottom of the stairs.

The brig is dark and damp, and it smells like human excrement. Rusted iron cages line the walls. Inside them are people, stripped naked. There are a few men, but they're outnumbered by women and children. It's not a pleasing sight, but first things first. You walk by them, searching for your target.

In the very back of the room, apart from the others, a man rests at the back of his cage with his head between his legs. His back is marked by welts from a recent whipping, and his body is tattered with older scars - but you recognize him immediately.

<Obis!>

He glances up sharply. His red eyes lock onto you. "...what..."

<It's me, Shadow. I'm just using this man's form as a disguise.>

"Shadow?!" Obis puts one hand down to help himself up, then stops. "...who's the leader of Refuge?"

<The orc shaman, Rogul.>

Obis gets up and stumbles over to the edge of the cage. He grips the bars tight. "Damn, it -is- you. Praise be to Logi. How the hell did you find me?"

You give him the short version of tracking him down and teaming up with Blackwater to take on Vonnegut.

Obis chuckles. "Freja? I haven't seen her in five, six years? She must have grown, if she's doing all this." He takes a long breath. "My cape and equipment is somewhere in the ship...I hope. And we can't just leave these people here. They're innocents. Abducted right off the streets to be sold as slaves. Do you have some kind of plan?"

>write-in

>>26036599
<Punch a hole in the bottom of the ship, and ferry the innocents with me to the surface?>

>>26036546

I accidentally hotkeyed the back button several times, erasing all my work permanently. I love control-Z and control-Y, shit's for real, yo.

>>26036567

>year of our lord 2013
>IE

wut

I keep the copypasta 'n such in notepad but I just compose in the Quick Reply box.

>>26036599
"I originally wanted to blow a hole in the ship so it would sink, but I don't know if everyone here can swim. I would need to get everyone out of their cages first anyway. Do you know who has them?

>>26036599
Do you think we could transform ourselves into a biiiiig bubble and transport them undersea that way?

>>26036599
I say we cut off the head of the snake and draw ALL the attention directly towards us.

Then the prisoners can escape, and Obis can go grab his stuff.

>>26036599
I think we should stealthconsume a bunch of the crew. Make it a ghost ship...

>>26036638

Yeah, you're big and strong enough to do this. However, you'd be relatively open to attack, and it wouldn't be very fast, so a distraction would really help.

>>26036599
<...How's delivering the entire ship by hand sound?>

The plan is to dive in underwater, then lift the ship up out of the water and Super Sanic it back to port. We stopped an airship with our strength, lifting the ship should be no problem.

>>26036675
Mmm. They might sense us undersea because of the mages as well. Also they might have magical tracking methods on the slaves we might want to check considering how "backup plan" the penguin is.

>>26036599
>Ink into large diving bell with handles
>Everyone get under the bell and hold on
>Sink ship, ferry people to shore underwater
Anyone that cant swim just has to hold onto us.

>>26036667
Yeah. Lets lure the mages into privet places one by one and eat them.

>>26036652
That's a risky plan. That would mean that Shadow has to depend on a man that was perhaps beaten and semi starved for a week to defend and lead several dozens of civilians who may or may not speak the same language to safety in a city that the Penguin controls.

Haven could use some children, right? It wouldn't be totally irresponsible or anything...

Rolled 43

>>26036599
alright. i am going to kill vonnegut. then come back here, but everyone out, and carry them to the surface. i dont need to breath so i can dredge the wrekage for you stuff

>>26036625
>>26036632

You idiots, Vonnegut is a fucking WATER mage. If we sink the ship he'll wreck our shit easily.

>>26036599
Well, if Vonnegut is a slaver, then we really do have to kill him, and everyone working for him as well. Better get started.

I have an idea! How about we pick off and consume the crew one by one. Lets go full on batman.

>>26036744
I don't think we plan on fighting Vonnegut, just getting everyone out.

>>26036690
This might work.

Do it.

>>26036767
problem... the mages on the ship are going to be attacking us.

>>26036763
Really? You want to leave such an influential criminal alone? I want penguin sticks.

If we can make a totally stealthy getaway, then air-bubble plan works. But if anyone sees us, water mages wreck our shit.

I think I favor the idea of stealthily consuming the crew. On the balance, it seems safest. Risks are fine, but not when innocents are on the line.

Hoh-k. Soh.

We stealth consume the crew and mages to stack our fight against vonnuggetcunt and then we carry (or push? propeller transformation like the ones we saw at archon), and then happily dance with Kurtobis and his waifu blackwater!

>>26036854
Seconding the shipping of Obis and Blackwater.

Before we leave we should break the locks on all the cages. So if we're discovered while stealthing we don't have to come back here to do so.

Vote 1:
>drill a hole in the ship and move everyone out in a bubble made out of yourself

Vote 2:
>slowly and stealthily consume the entire crew

Vote 3:
>lift and drag the ship onto land

Vote 4:
>go for Vonnegut directly

>>26036904
Agreed. Breaking all the cages and telling them to stay put is vital.

>>26036909
4

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2
As Shadow, there can be no other option.

>>26036909
FOUR VOTES? FOOOOUR VOOOOTES?

Geeze. It's almost as bad as the italian "elections" of last century.

>>26036909
1, but break the locks first

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

Now that we are going to consume the crew, who is going to sail the ship?

>>26036909
2

>>26036909
2

I'm not sure SM but I think number two won by majority vote.

>>26036974
Obis and us. If need be we can get in the water and push the ship.

>>26036909
2 does include vonnegut doesn't it?

>>26036909
2

>>26036948

Should have been there for the German Parliament with 7 different votes when we were spending a shittone of EXP

>>26036974
The white bird summon

I kind of wanted to suggest cutting the ship in half at a couple feet above the waterline, and then lifting and tossing at the ground the upper half. But that would be crazy!

>>26036909
Z

>>26036974
It's not like it's going to crash and kill everyone from not being steered for thirty minutes.

>>26036909
3

>>26036979

hold on let me count

ok guys it was close but 2 won

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Alright, one moment.

>>26036909
2

>>26036990
Your right that would be crazy. It would ruin that sweet hat that we are going to loot

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>>26036992

>>26037017
Should we use the stealth shard for this?

>>26037035
not yet, not until we get to the mages

>>26037035
Nah. Maybe for ambushing the stronger mages though.

>>26036974

<First mate wispbro, set course for adventure!>

>>26037035
>>26037052
>>26037059
I think we should stop using them so much. Keep them for real emergencies. For plot.

It's tempting to use them to boost general actions for kickass results, but it effectively weakens us because we're deprived of the passive bonuses. I also suspect there's more PLOT hidden inside of them, and they need to be healthy to squeeze it out.

SM I have a question about the world and the map, now that we are on a boat.

Are their other continents? Or is there only one big one?

>>26037052
>>26037059
I just thought the entire crew included the mages as well. I suppose it would be silly to kill everyone on the ship in one go though
>>26037093
Then we will never end up using them. It will be a too good to use situation

>>26037093
Well you don't really need to suspect at all, the fact that the last meditative boost bonus on the shards is labelled "Resonant - (special)" basically means that some form of plot or power will be made known to us once we actually save an empowered shard for meditation.

>Tfw SM makes a thread everytime you decide to nap
i see through your ruse